Weird system notification

Itsanzhelika wrote:

Hi, I have this very weird notification is system center from I don't know what app, when I click it it takes to some scam website via Safari

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/b598dbea-763c-4dbd-9bf1-8997bd8a42f0

I turned it off, but it still bothers me I don't know what's going on here

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/60b9acc2-e39a-4852-9286-a86ffb3afd23

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/e8076659-541c-44d4-b94b-2eaaa0c632b5

could be browser hijacking or you installed adware/malware...

If you suspect you have installed adware/malware:

>System Preferences>Profiles click into it and then remove all the suspicious things from the list. (This Preference pane will not be present if no profiles found.)

also Verify you are not using SOCKS proxy:

>System Preferences>Networks>Advanced>Proxy uncheck the box [Ventura >System Settings> search “Proxy”]

Adware/malware launch daemons can set SOCKS proxies without user participation.

(SOCKS is an Internet protocol that exchanges network packets between a client and server through a proxy server.)

Adware Removal Guide—Manual removal of : http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-identification/

or

Try running this trusted utility https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/ you do not need to have this running all the time, simple use it to check your system as a one off. uninstall afterwards if necessary. Use the free trial.